2007 NASCAR Busch East Series

The 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series was the 21st season of the Busch East Series, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. The season consisted of thirteen races and began on April 28 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway with the Greased Lightning 150. The season finale, the Sunoco 150, was held on September 21 at Dover International Speedway. Mike Olsen entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. Joey Logano won the championship, 166 points in front of Sean Caisse.

This season was the last season with Anheuser-Busch's Busch Beer as the series' title sponsor after a 21-year relationship. Busch was replaced by Camping World as the title sponsor for 2008.

By virtue of NASCAR's lower age limit of 16 starting this year for its touring series, Logano became the youngest champion of the series at that time. He started the season when he was just 16 years old, and turned 17 during the season on May 24. The lowering of the age limit in 2007 was instrumental in the future of the series, as most of the drivers who compete in the East Series now are teenagers. The age limit would eventually be lowered again to 15, which is what it is today.

Schedule No. Race title Track Date TV 1 Greased Lightning 150 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, South Carolina April 28 SPEED* 2 Minnesota 150 Elko Speedway, Elko New Market, Minnesota May 18 HDNet 3 Featherlite Coaches 200 Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa May 20 HDNet 4 South Boston 150 South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Virginia June 2 5 TSI Harley-Davidson 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, Connecticut June 8 SPEED* 6 New England 125 New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire June 29 SPEED* 7 Pepsi Racing 100 Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut July 14 HDNet 8 Music City 150 Music City Motorplex, Nashville, Tennessee July 22 HDNet 9 The Edge Hotel 150 Adirondack International Speedway, New Bremen, New York July 28 HDNet 10 Mohegan Sun NASCAR Busch East 200 Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut August 18 HDNet 11 Mansfield 150 Mansfield Motorsports Park, Mansfield, Ohio August 25 HDNet 12 Aubuchon Hardware 125 presented by hardwarestore.com New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire September 14 HDNet 13 Sunoco 150 Dover International Speedway, Dover, Delaware September 21 HDNet * Races will air on delay only. All HDNet races will air live and re-air on SPEED.

Television Both HDNet and SPEED returned to broadcast most of the races. HDNet broadcast nine of the races, including the final seven, live in high definition. Speed aired three of the remaining four races by a broadcast delay. All of the races shown on HDNet were also re-broadcast in standard definition on Speed.

2007 Series Races Greased Lightning 150 The Greased Lightning 150 was run on April 28 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC. Joey Logano sat on the pole for the event and went on to win the event. This marked Logano's first pole and first win in the series in his first start.

Official ResultsFinish Start Car # Driver Hometown Car Laps Reason Out1 1 20 Joey Logano Middletown, Conn. Chevrolet 150 2 2 44 Sean Caisse Pelham, N.H. Chevrolet 150 3 3 99 Bryon Chew Mattituck, N.Y. Chevrolet 150 4 5 83 Peyton Sellers Danville, Va. Chevrolet 150 5 11 03 Rogelio López Mexico City, Mexico Chevrolet 150 6 8 1 Jeffrey Earnhardt Mooresville, N.C. Chevrolet 150 7 16 61 Mike Olsen N. Haverhill, N.H. Chevrolet 150 8 21 37 Michelle Theriault Bristol, Conn. Chevrolet 150 9 7 57 John S. FreemanHuntersville, N.C. Chevrolet 150 10 20 3 John Wes Townley Watkinsville, Ga. Chevrolet 150 11 26 4 Jesus Hernandez Fresno, Calif. Chevrolet 150 12 12 18 Marc Davis Mitchelville, Md. Chevrolet 150 13 17 52 Jamie Hayes Norlina, N.C. Chevrolet 150 14 25 63 John Salemi Nashua, N.H. Chevrolet 150 15 6 35 Eric Holmes Salida, Calif. Chevrolet 150 16 29 26 Scott Bouley Wolcott, Conn. Chevrolet 150 17 13 43 Tim Schendel Sparta, Wis. Dodge 150 18 28 30 Jeff Anton Russell, Mass. Chevrolet 150 19 19 66 Chase AustinEudora, Kan. Dodge 150 20 15 58 Richard Gould N. Brunswick, N.J. Chevrolet 150 21 4 40 Matt Kobyluck Uncasville, Conn. Chevrolet 148 22 22 84 Dion Ciccarelli Severn, Md. Chevrolet 147 23 9 91 Richard Jarvis Jr. Ocean Pines, Md. Chevrolet 146 24 18 96 Mike Johnson Salisbury, Mass. Ford 144 25 27 2 Max Dumarey Gent, Belgium Dodge 144 26 14 21 Germán Quiroga Mexico City, Mexico Chevrolet 128 Accident27 24 50 Todd Peck Glendale, Penn. Chevrolet 124 Accident28 23 23 Casey Wyatt Newport News, Va. Chevrolet 114 Accident29 30 24 Patrick Dupree Saranac Lake, N.Y. Dodge 114 Accident30 10 22 Rubén Pardo Mexico City, Mexico Dodge 114 AccidentFastest Qualifier: Joey Logano, , 20.576 secondsTime of Race: 1 hour 27 minutes 37 secondsMargin of Victory: 4.595 secondsLead changes: 3 among 2 driversCautions: 4 for 62 lapsLap Leaders: S.Caisse 1-74; J.Logano 75-121; Caisse 122-122; Logano, 123-150

Did not Qualify: (8) Jonathan Cash (#59), Jonathan Smith (#5), Pierre Bourque (#7), James Pritchard Jr. (#41), Jeremy Clark (#25), Tim Cowen (#75), Glenn Sullivan (#15), Blair Addis (#8)

Notes: Logano's win in his first start in the series made him the first driver to repeat this feat since Kip Stockwell got his only win in his first start in the series at Thunder Road International SpeedBowl in 1997.

Minnesota 150 The Minnesota 150 took place on May 18 at Elko Speedway in Elko, Minnesota. This race marked the first time that the East and West series would meet during the regular season for a points race. Sean Caisse took the pole and went on to win the race. Only he and fellow East series competitor Mike Olsen would lead the race.

Official ResultsFinish Start Car #Series Driver Hometown Car Laps Reason Out1 1 44 E Sean Caisse Pelham, N.H. Chevrolet 156 2 23 99 E Bryon Chew Mattituck, N.Y. Chevrolet 156 3 18 2 W Mike David Modesto, Calif. Ford 156 4 12 03 E Rogelio López Mexico City, Mexico Chevrolet 156 5 5 61 E Mike Olsen N. Haverhill, N.H. Chevrolet 156 6 11 83 E Peyton Sellers Danville, Va. Chevrolet 156 7 10 4 E Jesus Hernandez Fresno, Calif. Chevrolet 156 8 16 66 W Justin Lofton Westmorland, Calif. Ford 156 9 30 5 W Eric Hardin Anaheim, Calif. Chevrolet 156 10 19 37 E Michelle Theriault Bristol, Conn. Chevrolet 156 11 9 52 E Jamie Hayes Norlina, N.C. Chevrolet 156 12 17 40 E Matt Kobyluck Uncasville, Conn. Chevrolet 156 13 14 35 E Eric Holmes Salida, Calif. Chevrolet 156 14 29 30 E Jeff Anton Russell, Mass. Chevrolet 156 15 24 9 W Mike Duncan Bakersfield, Calif. Chevrolet 156 16 15 22 W Jason Bowles Ontario, Calif. Ford 156 17 7 43 E Tim Schendel Sparta, Wis. Dodge 156 18 26 54 W Tim Woods III Chino Hills, Calif. Ford 156 19 2 16 W Brian Ickler San Diego, Calif. Chevrolet 156 20 4 10 E Joey Logano Middletown, Conn. Chevrolet 156 21 27 32 E Rubén Pardo Mexico City, Mexico Dodge 155 22 25 51 E Jonathan Smith Beacon Falls, Conn. Chevrolet155 23 28 8 W Johnny Borneman III Ramona, Calif. Ford 154 24 3 11 E Jeffrey EarnhardtMooresville, N.C. Chevrolet 145 Accident25 8 92 E Marc Davis Mitchelville, Md. Chevrolet 144 26 22 88 W Alex Haase Las Vegas, Nev. Chevrolet 108 27 20 81 W Brett Thompson Jerome, Idaho Chevrolet 67 Clutch28 13 18 W Moses Smith Tempe, Ariz. Chevrolet 50 Accident29 21 14 W Andrew Myers Newport Beach, Calif. Chevrolet 50 Accident30 6 91 E Richard Jarvis Jr. Ocean Pines, Md. Chevrolet 37 EngineFastest Qualifier: Sean Caisse, , 14.145 SecondsTime of Race: 1 hour 11 minutes 26 secondsMargin of Victory: .305 secondsLead changes: 4 among 2 driversCautions: 9 for 72 lapsLap Leaders: S.Caisse 1-28; M.Olsen 29-41; S.Caisse 42-72; M.Olsen 73-103; S.Caisse 104-156

Did not Qualify: (16) Ryan Foster (#21W), John Salemi (#63E), Stan Silva Jr. (#65W), Eric Richardson (#20W), Jim Inglebright (#1W), Scott Bouley (#26E), Chase Austin (#64E), Dion Ciccarelli (#84E), Germán Quiroga (#12E), Lloyd Mack (#09W), Jack Sellers (#15W), Blair Addis (#3E), Daryl Harr (#71W), Jerick Johnson (76E), Mike Gallegos (#77W), Pierre Bourque (#7E)

Note: Both series would meet again 2 days later for the second and final combination race at Iowa Speedway

Featherlite Coaches 200 The Featherlite Coaches 200 was run on May 5 at the Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. This race, sponsored by Featherlite Coaches, was the second and final meeting between the East and West series during the regular season. Kevin Harvick was on hand to take part in the race. Harvick would narrowly take the pole over Joey Logano. These two drivers would proceed to swap the lead 15 times between the two of them. In the end, it would be Logano taking the win over the Nextel Cup star.

Official ResultsFinish Start Car #Series Driver Hometown Car Laps Reason Out1 2 10 E Joey Logano Middletown, Conn. Chevrolet 200 2 1 33 W Kevin Harvick Bakersfield, Calif. Chevrolet 200 3 23 4 E Jesus Hernandez Fresno, Calif. Chevrolet 200 437 8 W Johnny Borneman III Ramona, Calif. Ford 200 53 9 W Mike Duncan Bakersfield, Calif. Chevrolet 200 617 66 W Justin Lofton Westmorland, Calif. Ford 200 712 81 W Brett Thompson Jerome, Idaho Chevrolet 200 87 30 E Jeff Anton Russell, Mass. Chevrolet 200 918 20 W Eric Richardson Bakersfield, Calif. Chevrolet 200 1031 31 W Tim McCreadie Watertown, N.Y. Chevrolet 200 11 33 21 W Ryan Foster Anderson, Calif. Chevrolet 200 12 11 63 E John Salemi Nashua, N.H. Chevrolet 200 13 19 6 W David Mayhew Atascadero, Calif. Chevrolet 200 14 27 51 E Jonathan Smith Beacon Falls, Conn. Chevrolet 200 15 39 5 W Eric Hardin Anaheim, Calif. Chevrolet 200 16 36 03 E Rogelio López Mexico City, Mexico Chevrolet 200 17 34 71 W Daryl Harr St. Albert, AB Chevrolet 200 18 32 11 E Jeffrey Earnhardt Mooresville, N.C. Chevrolet 200 19 8 16 W Brian Ickler San Diego, Calif. Chevrolet 200 20 24 2 W Mike David Modesto, Calif. Ford 199 21 42 57 E John Freeman Huntersville, N.C. Chevrolet 199 22 35 22 W Jason Bowles Ontario, Calif. Ford 199 23 28 1 W Jim Inglebright Fairfield, Calif. Chevrolet 198 24 40 84 E Dion Ciccarelli Severn, Md. Chevrolet 198 25 9 14 W Andrew Myers Newport Beach, Calif. Chevrolet 197 26 20 37 E Michelle Theriault Bristol, Conn. Chevrolet 197 27 41 88 W Alex Haase Las Vegas, Nev. Chevrolet 197 28 10 52 E Jamie Hayes Norlina, N.C. Chevrolet 196 29 29 61 E Mike Olsen N. Haverhill, N.H. Chevrolet 192 30 13 32 E Rubén Pardo Mexico City, Mexico Dodge 175 31 22 29 W Scott Lynch Burley, Idaho Dodge 175 Accident32 25 7 E Pierre Bourque Ottawa, Ont. Dodge 171 Accident33 14 46 W Jeff Barkshire Auburn, Wash. Chevrolet 166 34 5 92 E Marc Davis Mitchelville, Md. Chevrolet 165 Vibration35 26 91 E Richard Jarvis Jr. Ocean City, Md. Chevrolet 150 Vibration36 21 40 E Matt Kobyluck Uncasville, Conn. Chevrolet 113 Accident37 6 44 E Sean Caisse Pelham, N.H. Chevrolet 94 Accident38 16 35 E Eric Holmes Salida, Calif. Chevrolet 76 Engine39 38 99 E Bryon Chew Mattituck, N.Y. Chevrolet 51 Clutch40 4 83 E Peyton Sellers Danville, Va. Chevrolet 51 Engine41 30 43 E Tim Schendel Sparta, Wis. Dodge 9 Accident42 15 3 E John Wes Townley Watkinsville, Ga. Chevrolet 3 AccidentFastest Qualifier: Kevin Harvick, , 23.547 secondsTime of Race: 2 hours 10 minutes 8 secondsMargin of Victory: 2.400 secondsLead changes: 18 among 4 driversCautions: 10 for 68 lapsLap Leaders: Harvick 1-38; Logano 39-41; Harvick 42-44; Logano 45-60; Harvick 61-85; Logano 86; Harvick 87-89; Logano 90; Harvick 91; Logano 92-101; Lofton 102-103; Duncan 104-130; Lofton 131-135; Harvick 136-162; Logano 163; Harvick 164-165; Logano 166-184; Harvick 185-193; Logano 194-200

Did not Qualify: (10) Chase Austin (68 E), Mike Gallegos (77 W), Stan Silva Jr. (65 W), Chris Bristol (12 E), Kyle Cattanach (59 W), Jerick Johnson (76 E), Scott Bouley (26 E), Tim Woods III (54 W), Jack Sellers (15 W), Trevor Bayne (00 E)

South Boston 150